Every day, more customers sign up for broadband access using either cable modem ... today’s networks is optical. The use of optical technologies is increasing every day because it is the only way in ...

L-COM Series four-strand and six-strand multi-fiber distribution cable assemblies are suitable for smaller, lower-demand ...

Since the first fiber optic cables rolled out in the 1970s ... are designed with translucent areas consisting of hair-thin strands, arranged in bundles, that deliver light deep within.

Fiber is also used to replace copper cable for LAN backbones. An optical fiber is constructed of a transparent core made of nearly pure silicon dioxide (SiO2), through which the light travels.